Favorite Secret Parks

Howell Park

Location: Madrona/Madison Park
Address: 1740 E. Howell Pl.
Acreage: 0.9

Roughly halfway between Madrona and Madison Park, take a turn off of Lake Washington Boulevard onto what looks like a short dead-end street and you’re in for a great surprise.

This hidden waterfront park […]

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Mayfair Park

October 28, 2011
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Location: Queen Anne
Address: 2600 2nd Ave. N.
Acreage: 1.0

A little out of the way on the north-facing side of Queen Anne, you’ll find the sweet Mayfair Park. This park sits at the end of a dead-end street and backs into a ravine […]

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Thomas C. Wales Park

October 17, 2011
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Location: Queen Anne
Address: 2401 6th Ave. N.
Acreage: 1.3

What do you do with a former gravel pit? Turn it into a park and use the gravel to make art!

Thomas C. Wales Park sits in the elbow that connects Dexter Ave. to 6th Ave. N […]

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Soundview Terrace

June 15, 2011
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Location: Queen Anne
Address: 2500 11th Ave. W.
Acreage: 0.3

This is one of my favorite newly discovered parks. Soundview Terrace on the western end of Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood is perched on a steep hillside. If I had been the park’s engineer, I would […]

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